School: St. Jame's Well (roll number 14192)

Location:
Carrowmore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
S. Ó Conchobhair
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    beside the public road. One night about two years ago, I was coming up the road, and I saw the cat going across the road to where the gold is. It is in Pat Mulvanny's land Carrownadargney, Geevagh, Co. Sligo.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
          1. treasure legends (~7,411)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tap, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mark Foley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrownadargny, Co. Sligo
  3. My father told me last night that there is a pot of gold under the bush a Carrick graveyard, Geevagh parish, Amerraroe townland, Co. Sligo. A man named Frank McPadden Carrownadargney tried to bring it away, but when he went to lift the pot he got a slap on the face, he looked around
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